Standing pretty old

Chapter 603 Powerful Sister Lan, a loophole in the Eagles

"Our inside players need to pay attention to their own foul problems. Tonight, the Pacers' inside performance is quite good!" Dominique Wilkins commented in the commentary booth.

"In the first quarter, Kraft didn't seem to have the highest number of rebounds in the game?" Bob Rathburn made a very unusual argument.

But this unusual argument, when placed on Ruan Erniu, who dominates the rebounding of the entire league, seems to have become serious all at once.

Human Movie Essence was surprised at first, and then figured out what his old partner said in the next second: "Hey! Dude, Hibbert grabbed N offensive rebounds in one round, but it didn't make sense, he only scored the last one. It's just a ball."

In the first quarter of the game, Hibbert, who turned into a steel gorilla, grabbed 9 rebounds, including an astonishing 6 offensive rebounds, almost all of which were obtained during the dislocation and lunar eclipse confrontation.

On the contrary, Ruan Erniu only scored 8 rebounds in a single quarter. Objectively speaking, after a season, such a situation is almost an isolated case.

In the second quarter of the game, the players of the two teams returned to the field in turn.

The Eagles replaced their own rotation players as usual, while the Pacers continued to reuse their main players.

In this game related to the promotion of the playoffs, the head coach of the Pacers made up his mind to carry out the rotation of 7-8 players to the end.

In addition to the starting five, only Jeff Foster, Jareson Jack, and Stephen Graham were used as substitutes.

After the team leader Granger rested for a few minutes at the end of the first quarter, he continued to start the game without rest in the second quarter.

The Eagles only left Jon Jonson with a substitute, and put Ruan Erniu off the field early. Woodson has already used the rotation handily when facing the underdogs.

On the offensive end of the Pacers, Jake with the face of the face controlled the ball from the far end, relying on his physical advantage to break through with Dragic, and after attracting the Eagles to double-team, he sent the ball to Granger on the flank.

Granger raised the knife and made a steady three-pointer.

Sister Lan (Granger), who averaged 25.8 points, 5.1 rebounds, and 2.7 assists per game this season, is the hope of the Pacers' revival. As the only Pacers player who can be selected as an All-Star, he will definitely renew his contract with the home team this summer. .

Dragic had the ball across the half and, after crossing with Jon Jonsen, sent the ball to Pachulia in the high post.

Pachulia, who supported him in the high position, distributed the ball to Steve Novak on the wing. The latter was closely guarded and did not dare to take a direct shot. He passed the ball to Jon Jonson again.

Jiong Jisen dribbled the ball one step outside the three-point line, facing Granger's defense, suddenly pulled out his hand and hit it.

囧囧sen and Sister Lan are hooked up!
Although Jiongsen has suppressed his desire to attack in the presence of Er Niu, he still has the league's first-class scoring ability.

Sister Lan expressed dissatisfaction. On the offensive end of the Pacers, Jack sent the ball to him again.

Facing the interference from Jijisen, Sister Lan chose to break through with the ball.

After reaching the inside line, Sister Lan faced Pachulia's defense and completed a difficult pull-through.

Granger, who flew into the air, passed the chase and interception of Jon Jonsen and Pachulia successively, and hooked back with his back. After the ball came into contact with the backboard, it fell rapidly and fell into the basket.

囧囧sen also expressed dissatisfaction. After holding the ball in a high position, a CROSSOVER swayed Granger aside, holding the ball into the penalty area, and facing Jeff Foster, he made a throw...

"boom!"

It's a pity that Jiong Jisen didn't continue.

The Pacers got a rebound from the backcourt and found Jack with a long pass in the frontcourt. Jack with an embarrassing face counterattacked without defense.

Woodson asked for a short timeout, and the Hawks' substitutes failed to play their due value.

It is understandable to do nothing on the offensive end. After all, Jon Jonsen is in control of the ball, but on the defensive end, it is too wrong for the opponent to counterattack so easily!

After this short timeout, Woodson still has no intention of replacing Novak and Anderson, the birdman who has committed three offenses, in advance.

Egghead still believes that this group of substitutes can complete the task well, which is the confidence of the league's top teams.

The Hawks' role players lived up to Woodson's trust, too.

Birdman, who was guilty of three offenses, stood up first. On the offensive end, he overwhelmed Jeff Foster and scored an offensive rebound, and completed a tip-up at the basket, and then he gave Dare to directly in the paint. Steve Graham, who attacked the basket, gave a big hat.

囧囧sen took the rebound in the high position and immediately started the offensive and defensive transition.

This time, Jon Jonsen did not choose to directly attack the basket. After attracting the attention of three retreating Pacers players, Jon Jonsen sent a penetrating ground-hitting pass.

The lucky Jon Johnson flicked his fingers while walking, and after the basketball made contact with the floor, it passed through Murphy's feet and the ball reached Ronald Murray's hands.

The president sneaked into the basket, and in the process of a three-step layup, he easily evaded Jack, who was helping to defend, and then put the ball in the basket.

The Hawks, which stabilized the situation, began to interact with their opponents and re-established their leading position.

About 3 and a half minutes into the second quarter, the two teams began to rotate in turn. The Pacers replaced Rush and TJ* Ford, while the Eagles sent their starters back to the field one by one.

On the offensive end of the Eagles, Ruan Erniu held the ball in a low post. According to the usual practice, the big devil of the Celestial Dynasty should launch a back-to-back attack, or hold the ball facing the basket, and directly hit the Pacers' basket.

However, an accident happened!
Just when the people of the Celestial Dynasty were about to take action...

"Beep!" The referee's whistle sounded first.

I did not foul!
Ruan Erniu held the ball with one hand and focused his questioning eyes on the referee.

It's no wonder that the desire to attack is interrupted for no reason, which is really uncomfortable.

But Er Niu really misunderstood the referee, because the on-duty referee Ken Moore did not whistle him, but pointed his finger in the direction of the lunar eclipse?
The eclipse foul that was ready to cut the inside at any time?
No, he was violated. Jeff Foster sent Josh Smith to the free throw line without the ball!

what's the situation?
The Eagles generals were at a loss as to what was wrong, because none of the Eagles made a free throw rate lower than 65%, and directly using hacking tactics was no different from sending points to the Eagles.

The people of Atlanta are so naive, there must be a reason for the Pacers to do this!
Looking at the technical statistics of the Eagles this season, there is actually one person whose statistics are worth pondering.

That is Josh Smith, who made 52.2% of his overall field goal percentage, 29.9% of his three-pointers, and 58.8% of his free throws.

Needless to say, the three-point shooting percentage is poor. Everyone knows that J-Smoove is the only one in the team who was jointly suppressed by Erniu, Jiongsen, and Woodson to prevent him from robbing and hitting birds.

But in a corner that no one pays attention to, the lunar eclipse who shot 68.8%, 71.9%, 69.3%, and 71% in the first four seasons of his career, unexpectedly in his fifth season, ushered in the free throw hit so far in his career. The lowest rate of the season.

Maybe it was the injury that affected his touch, or it could be that Lunar Eclipse had just signed a big contract and was selected as an All-Star, so he slackened himself.

Free throws, this thing, is not like shooting, it is completely improved by one's own efforts and stability.

Unknowingly, the eclipse has become a hole in the Eagles' lineup.

Perhaps the Eagles themselves are so powerful that no team can crack this loophole until the Eagles meet the Pacers who want to make a last-ditch effort...

(End of this chapter)